ON THE ISLAND
by IAIN CRICHTON SMITH , CAROL FOWKE
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0575026898
- ISBN 13
- 9780575026896
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: VICTOR GOLLANCZ, 1979 Blue Boards with Gilt Titles to spine, 220 x 145 mm approx. 126 pp. Line illustrations by Carol Fowke. First Edition 1st printing 1979. Story of an 11 year old boy growing up in a remote seaside village on one of the Western Isles of Scotland loosely based on the author's own childhood. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book Negligible shelf wear, no previous owner name or insc. Binding sound. Dust Jacket- non price clipped, supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No notable defects to book or jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125453
- Title
- ON THE ISLAND
- Author
- IAIN CRICHTON SMITH , CAROL FOWKE
- Illustrator
- CAROL FOWKE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0575026898
- ISBN 13
- 9780575026896
- Publisher
- VICTOR GOLLANCZ
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Iain Crichton Smith, On the Island, Western Isles of Scotland, Modern First Editions, Fiction, Books on line Brighton,
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